Dining

Royal approval

Thanks to its privileged connections with the
House of Bragança, Pousada Vila Viçosa hosts an
annual lunch for the Portuguese royal family. But here any untitled guest gets the same attention as the most illustrious royal heir. This Pousada's restaurant, which is located in the
old canteen of the convent, features completely restored frescoes and the tables are set to properly welcome you in this
regional embassy for local cuisine.

This hall
overlooks the cloister, where you can dine or take part in a
barbecue during the summer. In the winter it's better to stay by the
fireplace and heat up with the fabulous
tomato soup from our menu.

Please note the Pousada restaurant will be closed from Mondays to Fridays for lunch, except between 13 December and 6 January 2019, public holidays and school holidays.

Dining

Thanks to its privileged connections with the
House of Bragança, Pousada Vila Viçosa hosts an
annual lunch for the Portuguese royal family. But here any untitled guest gets the same attention as the most illustrious royal heir. This Pousada's restaurant, which is located in the
old canteen of the convent, features completely restored frescoes and the tables are set to properly welcome you in this
regional embassy for local cuisine.

This hall
overlooks the cloister, where you can dine or take part in a
barbecue during the summer. In the winter it's better to stay by the
fireplace and heat up with the fabulous
tomato soup from our menu.

Please note the Pousada restaurant will be closed from Mondays to Fridays for lunch, except between 13 December and 6 January 2019, public holidays and school holidays.

Be sure to try the
"migas" and the bread soup, which constituted, along with the soups, the basic non-festive traditional diet in
Alentejo. As main dishes, lamb on Easter Monday (traditionally eaten in the fields after Easter Sunday) and the golden cod, a recipe imported from Elvas and for which many people travel many miles nowadays.

The
three-course snack meals may bring some surprises, from the famous roasted peppers to the typical "cabeça de Xára", from "peixinhos da horta" to cod and grain salads. It's worth letting yourself be surprised. The
dessert tasting is also not to be missed, but if you feel that you can not handle it anymore, try the very original
"manjar das chagas" ("delicacy of wounds"), a dessert that used to be made with the leftovers of the huntings in the royal park, in a way that you will only believe if you try it. The nuns made real miracles with the eggs and sugar.